In its original 2001 proposal the EPA said reducing the arsenic level to 10 ppb would affect about 4,100 water systems serving some 13 million people. These systems would have to spend $180 million annually to implement the standard.

And what would be the benefit? EPA claimed that the rule would prevent from 20 to 30 deaths from lung and bladder cancer each year. But some epidemiologists say the standard could save 10 times as many lives. So we have a range of 20 to 300 deaths prevented.

So that is about 6 million dollars to save a life. Is that too much?

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

then the life of a 20 year old is worth £625,000-00, whilst the life of a person aged 50 with 20 tax years remaining is £250,000-00.

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY

Whispers: (That's why you divide the cost by the number of people's whose lives are/would be saved, intemp.)  

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ORIGINAL: imtempting

It depends on the situation too. Een medical. Well the govt spend $2 million on a machine to save 4 people a year? highly unlikely.

but if its $4 million to save 60 000 people a year they would say yes.

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Well Stephann, in the UK you as the householder would be sued, should a visitor suffer an injury in your dangerous bathroom, regardless of whether you had made them aware of the perils. There is a duty of care - even if its a burglar who trips in the dark because you didnt replace your lightbulb, you are liable as the householder. Neat eh?

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ORIGINAL: Seatonstomb

George Bush, Tony Blair and Most American and British Politicians would not give a brass farthing to save. Same with Sportsmen, TV stars, Industrialists and Clergy. Now would consider others on a varying skale

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ORIGINAL: ferryman777

You may scoff at a bathroom slipage law....Arnold passed a law banning the sale and manufacture of Light Blubs as we know it; in lieu of our current light blubs, the requirement is to sell and only manufacture the new, econo blub.

So what, you say.....it's just a light blub;.....A law was passed to prohibit a product from being sold, or manufactured....not like a GUN; or some hazard type of product; but a common consumer, everyday use type of thing.....; now this is the beginning, free enterprise, no...... pure fascism.

Emotion has no bearing on death, no matter who, it is all, ALL about money.

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ORIGINAL: ferryman777

Okay, to calculate the 'Cost of A Life'...what is a life worth...no need to speculate; just find the value cost of the usable organs of your body. Every organ comes with a price tag.

What's your body worth? Here's a legal look.

    * Blood.

      Blood banks pay $20 for each plasma donation, usually a litttle more than a pint. A 90-minute procedure may be done two to three times per week, meaning about up to $3,000 per year.

    * Eggs.

      Some infertility clinics pay an average of $5,000 to $8,000 for egg donations, which can require many shots and several visits.

    * Sperm.

      Sperm donors can be paid as much as $75 per visit.

    * Hair.

      Wig-makers and doll shops are the biggest buyers. Some wig shops will pay $30 an ounce for good quality hair more than 16 inches long.

    * Breast milk.

      A risky, burgeoning market at online auction sites and classified listings. Prices range from 25 cents an ounce to about $6 an ounce.

The U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils invested many a hard-earned tax dollar in calculating the chemical and mineral composition of the human body, which breaks down as follows:

  # 65% Oxygen
  # 18% Carbon
  # 10% Hydrogen
  # 3% Nitrogen
  # 1.5% Calcium
  # 1% Phosphorous
  # 0.35% Potassium
  # 0.25% Sulfur
  # 0.15% Sodium
  # 0.15% Chlorine
  # 0.05% Magnesium
  # 0.0004% Iron
  # 0.00004% Iodine

Additionally, it was discovered that our bodies contain trace quantities of fluorine, silicon, manganese, zinc, copper, aluminum, and arsenic. Together, all of the above amounts to less than one dollar!

When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50!

The man, Mr. Wang, said he “could sell Mr. Wu fifty prisoners on death row over the next year. His price list was as follows: $25,000 for livers, $20,000 for kidneys, and corneas and pancreases for $5,000 a pair.”

How much is a human body worth? When broken down into fluids, tissues and germ fighting our bodies are worth more than $45 million.

This price tag on the human body is based on a survey published in Wired magazine. It found that vital organs are no longer the most valuable body parts. Rather, bone marrow heads the list…priced at $23 million, based on 1,000 grams at $23,000 per gram.

DNA can fetch $9.7 million, while extracting antibodies can bring $7.3 million. A lung is worth $116,400, a kidney $91,400 and a heart $57,000.

Women’s eggs are costlier than men's sperm. The survey found that a fertile woman could sell 32 egg cells over eight years for $224,000; however, for a man to earn the same amount, he would have to make 12 sperm donations a month for 20 years.

The prices are based on cost estimates taken from hospitals and insurance companies, and are based on projected prices only in the United States. Of course, the prices also assume that all these substances can be extracted from living tissue for sale.

Although this break down is illegal, unethical and also impossible,  you should not feel like a million dollars anymore. You can feel like $45 million, instead!